Hi guys! Today I've hit a total level of 6500 for the Union system! Since these kind of blogposts about Union aren't that often, I thought it might be a good opportunity to write a blogpost about my recent progress on it.
Last year, I've hit a
total level of 6000 in July. As I've mentioned a couple of times on my blog, I don't really grind characters all the way to Level 200. Most of my characters were created before the concept of Burning events, and thus a majority of them went to 140, 180 or 200 through the use of level up potions. I rarely use Burning events, as I prefer to grind out my characters clean when I do grind - I don't like using multipliers or spawn modifications.
Thus, my main method of getting my Union to higher ranks is through playing daily. I have the advantage of being diligent with my dailies; it includes working on my Union. By doing so, it allows me to smoothly spread out the required time, effort and resources in building up a proper account on a consistent, well-arranged and (to me) easy way of doing so.
Yes, it does take a lot longer to achieve the necessary Union scores that is expected from the game, but at the same time, this is the most effective (and passively efficient) way for me to do so. I'd rather work on my dailies for several thousands of days than to burn out on an endless void of grind with no end. No matter how much you invest in multipliers and quality of life improvements, if the game demands a grind, it's best to be well prepared for climbing a steep mountain as the grind cannot be avoided. Grind reduction? Yes, but requires a lot of (expensive) resources. Arguably better spent elsewhere. Avoiding the grind completely? Only if you don't want to work on Union at all.
The amount of levels I can purchase every week through Union coins has gone up significantly. Early 2018, I could barely afford purchasing five EXP potions for a character up to Level 160, requiring 550 coins to give 2,5 levels (5x 49%). This week, I've been able to buy twelve of these same potions, allowing me to purchase far more levels. This also means that until all of my characters hit 160, I would be able to crawl up my Total Level score faster than I did last year.
Once everything does hit Level 160, I would need to purchase the more expensive EXP potions that are designed for characters between 160~180. But the thing is, once I actually get there, the amount of Union coins I obtain a day is also much higher, so that more or less equalizes the cost with the rate of coins. After my characters hit Level 180, I can't increase my Total Level score the lazy way. Or can I?
The past several large updates have increasingly become more rewarding for participating Maplers: Storm Growth Potions have become more common and AFK events such as the Adventure EXP Pouch were introduced.
The Adventure update gave me over twenty Storm Growth Potions, allowing me to get one Level 180 character of choice to 200 during the event. In addition, I managed to get one Level 190-ish to 200 through a combination of surplus Storm Growths and the Adventure EXP Pouch, and get another character from 180 to 186 with the remaining EXP from the same pouch.
But what would happen to all of the Union coins once I can't buy any more EXP Potions from the Union coin store? At the time I would hit past a whopping 7500 Total Levels, I would have almost an endless supply of 2x EXP and Droprate coupons... So it seems like I should be fine all the way to 8000 Union.
Anyway, I have yet to purchase the rank up for reaching 6500, as I ran out of coins. I'm expecting to have it later this week.
That's it for today - I'll see you guys again next post!
